drawings
DR2012:0012:057:002
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Panels and unfolded brochures related to the following projects: - Other monuments; - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières; - Memo series; - Fragments; - Un dictionnaire...; - Corridart (brochures).
1969-1977
Various posters and brochures related to Melvin Charney's exhibitions and projects
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DR2012:0012:057:002
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Panels and unfolded brochures related to the following projects: - Other monuments; - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières; - Memo series; - Fragments; - Un dictionnaire...; - Corridart (brochures).
drawings
1969-1977
textual records
DR2012:0012:098:012
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File containing magazine clippings (and multiple photocopies) from an article appearing in the July-August 1976 issue of Artscanada, which makes references to the following projects: - Corridart (predominant); - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières [part of Une histoire...]; - Montréal... plus ou moins?; - Canadian pavillion for Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTS CANADA / JULY-AUGUST 1976 (CORRIDART /2)
1976
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0012:098:012
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File containing magazine clippings (and multiple photocopies) from an article appearing in the July-August 1976 issue of Artscanada, which makes references to the following projects: - Corridart (predominant); - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières [part of Une histoire...]; - Montréal... plus ou moins?; - Canadian pavillion for Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTS CANADA / JULY-AUGUST 1976 (CORRIDART /2)
textual records
1976
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Projects
AP041.S1
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This series documents Melvin Charney's artistic, architecture and design projects from 1950 to 2012. It includes material related to his installations, architectural projects, his artworks and photographic projects. This series contains over 70 projects, including Charney's proposal for the Canadian government pavilion for the Japan world exposition, in Osaka, in 1967, his design for the Canadian tribute to human rights, in Ottawa, in 1986-1987, his installation Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke presented during the Corridart in 1976 for the Montréal Summer Olympics and Un dictionnaire presented, amongts others, at the 7th Venice Biennale in 2000. The series drawings and sketches, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings as well as some his mixed media artworks. It also contains some photographs including photographs of the installations design by Charney, reference photographs, textual documents, such as notes, rapports and proposals, correspondence and reference materials.
1955-2012
Projects
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AP041.S1
Description:
This series documents Melvin Charney's artistic, architecture and design projects from 1950 to 2012. It includes material related to his installations, architectural projects, his artworks and photographic projects. This series contains over 70 projects, including Charney's proposal for the Canadian government pavilion for the Japan world exposition, in Osaka, in 1967, his design for the Canadian tribute to human rights, in Ottawa, in 1986-1987, his installation Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke presented during the Corridart in 1976 for the Montréal Summer Olympics and Un dictionnaire presented, amongts others, at the 7th Venice Biennale in 2000. The series drawings and sketches, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings as well as some his mixed media artworks. It also contains some photographs including photographs of the installations design by Charney, reference photographs, textual documents, such as notes, rapports and proposals, correspondence and reference materials.
Series
1955-2012
textual records
DR2012:0012:098:001
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Assorted documents in English and French, including newspaper clippings, posters, and reprographic copies thereof, related to the following projects: - Memo series; - Corridart; - Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke.
1971, 1978-1979
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney and his projects
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DR2012:0012:098:001
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Assorted documents in English and French, including newspaper clippings, posters, and reprographic copies thereof, related to the following projects: - Memo series; - Corridart; - Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke.
textual records
1971, 1978-1979
The Other Architect
For as long as architecture has been reduced to a service to society or an “industry” whose ultimate goal is only to build, there have been others who imagine it instead as a field of intellectual research: energetic, critical, and radical. From a set of varied approaches drawn from many people, places, and times, the other architect emerges: searching for different(...)
28 October 2015 to 10 April 2016
The Other Architect
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For as long as architecture has been reduced to a service to society or an “industry” whose ultimate goal is only to build, there have been others who imagine it instead as a field of intellectual research: energetic, critical, and radical. From a set of varied approaches drawn from many people, places, and times, the other architect emerges: searching for different(...)
graphic materials
DR2012:0012:065:001
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Posters for the exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?". Also includes posters related to the following events: - Montréal, plus ou moins? (23 posters); - Biennale de Paris, 1980 (1 poster); - Corridart (7 posters).
1972-1980
Posters related to exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?"
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DR2012:0012:065:001
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Posters for the exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?". Also includes posters related to the following events: - Montréal, plus ou moins? (23 posters); - Biennale de Paris, 1980 (1 poster); - Corridart (7 posters).
graphic materials
1972-1980
textual records
DR2012:0012:078:008
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence related to Melvin Charney's participation at the 1980 Paris Biennale, with references to Corridart. Original folder inscribed in graphite: BIENNALE DE PARIS, 1980
1980-1981
Correspondence related to the XIe Biennale de Paris
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DR2012:0012:078:008
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence related to Melvin Charney's participation at the 1980 Paris Biennale, with references to Corridart. Original folder inscribed in graphite: BIENNALE DE PARIS, 1980
textual records
1980-1981
textual records
DR2012:0015:021:029
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence regarding the inclusion of Corridart and A Chicago construction in a book by Jun Teshigawa. Original folder inscribed in graphite: SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM / TOKYO
1992-1995
Correspondence related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0015:021:029
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence regarding the inclusion of Corridart and A Chicago construction in a book by Jun Teshigawa. Original folder inscribed in graphite: SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM / TOKYO
textual records
1992-1995
textual records
DR2012:0015:022:009
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File containing documents in English, including press clippings related to the following projects: - CCA garden; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Corridart; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990.
between 1962 and 1991
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0015:022:009
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File containing documents in English, including press clippings related to the following projects: - CCA garden; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Corridart; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990.
textual records
between 1962 and 1991
textual records
DR2012:0012:082:009
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File containing documents in English, including press coverage of the following: - Exhibition Corridart; - Project for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Competition (also know as "Memo series"). Original folder inscribed in graphite: MEMO SERIES, ARTFORUM, MAY 1971
1971, 1976
Press coverage related to exhibitions and projects
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DR2012:0012:082:009
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File containing documents in English, including press coverage of the following: - Exhibition Corridart; - Project for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Competition (also know as "Memo series"). Original folder inscribed in graphite: MEMO SERIES, ARTFORUM, MAY 1971
textual records
1971, 1976